Announcements - 3 - First written assignment

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This week, in addition to a new batch of lectures and the second homework quiz, you receive your first peer-assessed written assignment. There are three written assignments in total, which together comprise the final project for the course.

The first assignment is due September 9, after which it will automatically be sent to 5 students for grading. That means you will be asked to grade 5 other students if you submit the assignment. (See the Course Policies page for more details.) You will receive specific instructions and a grading rubric to complete the peer assessments, which are due a week later.

Multiple-choice questions don't fully capture the learning we hope to achieve in this course. Gamification is a creative activity; it's not just a body of knowledge to acquire. The project assignment is designed for you to apply the course concepts to realistic scenarios. Peer assessment is the only way for humans to grade the assignments at this scale. It is an imperfect an imprecise tool, but we have structured the process to produce meaningful results for the purposes of this course.

We recognize that many students in this course are not native English speakers. Both the assignments and the grading rubrics have been designed so that anyone able to understand the lectures should be able to complete them successfully. This is not a test of your writing skill. However, your ability to communicate points in a clear, organized manner will help the graders. Read the question carefully, and then use the format that allows you to answer it fully in the most effective way. When grading, focus on the content of the submissions, and the specific requirements of the grading rubrics.

There is a sub-forum under "Assignments" for discussion of the peer assessments. Please use it for any specific questions.